Benjamin Moukandjo Biography

Benjamin Moukandjo

Benjamin Moukandjo (Lorient, France)

Benjamin Moukandjo Bilé  was born on 12th November 1988 in Douala. He is a  footballer from Cameroon who plays for FC Lorient in Ligue 1 and cameroon National team as a forward.

Benjamin Moukandjo

Club career

Born Benjamin Moukandjo Bilé  on 12th November 1988 in Douala, Cameroon. He began his football career in hometown’s Kadji Sports Academy,He joined the club’s in 1998 at aged 10. Nine years later he was signed to Franch club, Stade Rennais. In September 2008, after appearing only with the reserve squad, he was loaned out to L’Entente SSG.

Moukandjo returned to Rennes in June 2009, and  letter joined Nîmes Olympique on 31 August 2009. He became a first team regular choice for the side in Ligue 2, and later moved to AS Monaco FC on 31 January 2011.

In May, Monaco’s relegated and The Striker – Centre-Forward Moukandjo was linked with England club Liverpool, but joined AS Nancy Lorraine instead.

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On 18 July 2014, Moukandjo was signed to the Ligue 1 side Stade de Reims on a two-year deal.

Benjamin Moukandjo

 International career

On 4 June 2011, Moukandjo debut for the Cameroon national football team, starting in a 0–0 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification draw against Senegal. He scored his first international goal on 16 June of the following year, the winner against Guinea-Bissau.

Moukandjo was among the Cameroon’s team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and He started in all three group matches, against Mexico, Croatia and Brazil respectively.

At the 2015 African Cup of Nations, he scored Cameroon’s goal in a 1–1 draw with Guinea at the group stage.

International goals

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